Water-power.



F. BRUNGESS.

WATER POWER.

APPLICATION HLED JULY 22.1914.

Patented Oct. 5, 1915.

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F.BRUNGESS.Y

' WATER POWER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 22.-19\4.

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FRANK BRUNGESS, F PORTLAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

WATER-rowan.

Specification of Letterslatent.

Application filed July 22, 1914. Serial No; 852,501. r

power in which is embodied an endless traveling motor element includingendless belts and blades WlllCll connect them together, the blades beingarranged to operate chute so that the power and weight of the water areboth utilized in the operation of the motor element and a water power ormaximum efliciency is provided.

()ne object of the invention is to effect improvements in theconstruction of the water power so that the motor element, together withthe chute may be shifted to either operative or inoperative position.

Another object is to effect improvements in the construction of thewater power to provide for the support of the chute and relieve thepivot of the chute of the weight of the chute and of the column of watertherein.

' The invention consists in the construction, combination andarrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed. V

In the accompanying drawings :Figur 1 is a side elevation of a waterpower constructed in accordance with my invention showing the same inworking position in full lines and in inoperative position in dottedlines. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal sectional view of the same. Fig. 1 is a detail verticalsectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line of Fig. 1.

The support for my improved water power is here shown as a frame 1 butin practice the support may be a structure of masonry or any othersuitable material and may be of any suitable design. The supportingframe 1 is here shown as comprising a pair of side members 2 each ofwhich consists of a sill 3, a pair of inclined upwardly converging postst, a plate 5 connecting the upper ends of said posts and a supportingbar 6 which also connects said posts and is arranged in a horizontalposiflume 9 is supported on the bar 8.

tion and at a suitable distance above thesill. The side members of theframe are connected together by lower and upper cross bars 78 on oneside. The discharge end of the A pair of bearing blocks 10 is secured onthe plates 5 and a shaft 11 is mounted in said bearing blocks and isprovided with a power transmitting wheel 12'for operating a power beltor the like and the said shaft is also provided. with a pair of sprocketwheels 13. A. chute 14- is provided onone side, at its upper end, with apair of hanger bars 15 which are pivotally mounted on the shaft 11 sothat the chute is suspended from the said shaft and may be moved towardand from the discharge end of the flume; when moved to the discharge endof the flume the chute re ceives the water from the flume at the upperend of the chute so that all of the water from the flume is caused topass down through and be discharged from the chute. hen the chute ismoved from the flume the water is discharged from the latter withoutpassing through the chute, as will be understood. To relieve the shaft11, which forms the pivot of the chute of the weight ofthe chute andprevent undue stress from being imposed upon said shaft I provide thechute at its sides with supports 16 which bear on the supporting bars 6andhave their lower ends rounded and arranged slidably on the same sidewith the hanger bars 15 with -a pair of downwardly extending arms 17which are provided with vertical slots 18 and are'adjustably secured tothe chute by means of clamping bolts, 19 which admit of the verticaladjustment of the arms. A shaft 21 is journaled in bearings 22 at thelower ends of the arms 17 and is provided at its ends with sprocketwheels 23. Endless sprocket chains 24 connect the sprocket wheels 23 andthe sprocket wheels 13 and said sprocket chains are hence arranged sothat one lead thereof passes through the chute. The sprocket chains areconnected by blades 25 which are of such size and shape as to enablethem to extend transversely across, fit snugly in and pass readilythrough the chute from its upper end to its lower end in succession whenthe power is in Patented Got. 5, rain.-

operation. These endless chains, connecting blades and the sprocketwheels or pulley elements on which the chains are mounted constitute aflexible endless traveling motor element as will be understood.

When the chute and the motor element are moved so as to close the upperside of the chute against the discharge end of the flume the weight ofthe water in the chute, as well as its downwardly moving current is eX-erted on the blades in the chute and on one side of the motor element soas to cause the motor element to move as indicated by the arrows in Fig.1, and all of the blades are successively acted upon by the water in thechute and the full force of the water as well as its weight is availedof in the operation of the power. The upper shaft which is revolved bythe endless traveling motor element transmits the power to the pointdesired.

When it is desired to discontinue the operation of the water power thismay be effected by moving the chute so as to space it from the dischargeend of the flume thus preventing water from passing through the chuteand operating on the blades of the flexible endless traveling motorelement.

While I have herein shown and described one form of my invention I wouldhave it understood that changes may be made in the construction, formand proportion of the various parts without departing from the spirit ofthe invention and within the scope of the appended claims. I or instanceenclless belts may be substituted for the endless chains and pulleys maybe substituted for the sprocket wheels as will be understood.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A water power of theclass described comprising a chute inclosed on all sides and an endlesstraveling motor element having one of its leads arranged to movedownwardly in and through the chute and blades carried by and forming apart of said motor element, said chute being mounted for adjustment, anda flume arranged to dis charge in the upper side of the chute when thelatter is adjusted to operative position.

2. In combination, a flume, a pivotally mounted chute arranged foradjustment toward and from the discharge end of the flume and an endlesstraveling flexible motor element having one lead arranged for movementdownwardly in and through the chute.

3. In a water power of the class described, a supporting structure, ashaft mounted in bearings thereon, a flume, a chute having its upper endpivotally connected to said shaft and arranged to be moved toward andfrom the discharge end of the flume to receive or avoid water dischargedfrom the fiume,

revoluble elements mounted at the lower end of and supported by thechute, revoluble elements on said shaft, endless flexible elementsconnecting said revoluble elements and blades connecting the saidendless flexible elements and arranged, together with said endlessflexible elements for movement downwardly and through the chute.

4:. In a water power of the class described a supporting structure, ashaft mounted in bearings thereon, a fiume, a chute having its upper endpivotally connected to said shaft and arranged to be moved toward andfrom the discharge end of the flume to receive or avoid water dischargedfrom the flume,

revoluble elements mounted at the lower end ranged, together with saidendless fieXible elements for movement downwardly and through the chute,and supporting means for the chute, independent of said shaft, torelieve the latter of the weight of the chute.

In testimony whereof I afiix my sigma ture in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK BRUNGESS.

Witnesses:

CHARLns FULs, WM. J. TRANsUn.

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